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APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING GUN CARRIAGES T0 LIMBERS 0R FORE CARRIAGES.

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E. SCHNEIDER.

APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING GUN CARRIAGES T0 LIMBERS 0R FORE CARRIAGES.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

EUGENE SCHNEIDER, 0F PARIS, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TO SCHNEIDER & CIE., 0F

' PARIS, FRANCE, A LIMITED JOINT-STOCK COMPANY OF FRANCE.

APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING GUN-CARRIAGES TO LIMBERS OR FORE-CARRIAGES.

Application filed August 21, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the French Republic and a resident of 42 Rue dAnjou, Paris, France, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Connecting Gun-Carriages to Limbers or Fore-Carriages, which invention is fully set forth in the following specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for connecting trails to gun limbers or forecarriages, and it has for its object to provide an improved apparatus for assuring the elasticity of the support and of the coupling between n carriage trails or false trails and gun 1mbers or fore-carriages generally, of the kind disclosed in my earlier application Serial No. 217,185, filed Feb. 14, 1918.

The present improved apparatus is characterized by the feature that the yoke eye, which engages the pivot pin, of the forecarriage, rests in its turn upon an elastic support located between it and the forecarriage.

The invention is capable of receiving a variety of mechanical expressions, two of which are shown on the accompanying drawings, but it is to be expressly understood that the drawings are for purpose of illustration only and are not to be construed as a definition of the limits of the invention, reference being had to the claims plied to a false trail and, showing another form of supplementary elastic support;

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section on a larger scale on the line IIIIII of Fig. 2.

Referrin first to the embodiment illustrated in ig. 1, the gun carriage trail D carries an elastic stud E located on the trail and adapted to bear upon a fixed circular track 0 located on the rigid fore-carriage whereof A is the axle; The yoke apparatus consists of aneye Hon the trail adapted to Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 15, 1919.

Serial No. 250,861.

engage the pivot pin I, and, as in my earl1er application, is movable along the axis of said trail in a button-hole-shaped slot cl. Elastic supports or connections are provided between the movable eye H and two fixed points D D of the trail by the use of springs K as shown.

According to the present invention, a supplementary elastic support is provided for the movable eye H. For this purpose a ring L is guided on the pivot pin I by means of a tenon M engaging in a longitudinal groove 11 in the said pivot pin. A coiled spring N bears at its upper end on a collar or flange 0n the ring L, and is held at its lower end in a dish-shaped socket O suitably attached to the fore-carriage.

In the form illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, the supplementary support for the yoke eye H comprises a cross member L engaging the pivot pin I by means of an eye formed in its central portion. Rods. P are attached to the ends'of the said cross member and are guided at their lower ends in sockets Q projecting from the forecarriage. N are Belleville washers arranged around the rods P, said washers being shown-contained in housings provided by said sockets Q, and caps S on the cross member L adapted to telescope within said sockets.

While the embodiments illustrated on the drawings have been described with considerable particularity, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be restricted thereto as the same is capable of receiving a variety of mechanical expressions. Reference is to be had to the appended claims for a definition of the limits of the inven- ,tion.

What is claimed is 1. In an apparatus for connecting a trail to a limber or fore-carriage, the combination with the trail, the fore-carriage, the pivot pin on the fore-carriage and the yoke-eye of the trail, of an elastic supporting device between said yoke-eye and the fore-carriage comprising a member on said pivot pin with which said yoke-eye is adapted to engage, and a spring between said member and the fore-carriage.

2. In an apparatus for connecting a trail to a limber or fore-carriage, the combination with the; trail, the fore-carriage, the pivot pin on the fore-carriage and the yoke-eye of the tfail, of an elastic supporting device between said yoke-eye and the fore-carriage comprising a ring engaging the pivot pin and with which said yoke 'eye is adapted to engage, and a spring between said ring and a socket memberon the foreecarriage.

3. In an apparatus for connecting a trail to a limber or fore-carriage, the combination with the trail, the fore-carriage, the pivot pin on the fore-carriage and theyoke-eyeof the trail, of an elastic supporting device between said -yoke-eye; andtheforecarriage comprising a transverse member-on said pivotpin with whichsaid yoke-eye is adapted to engage and a plurality of springs between. said member and the fore-carriage 4;; nan apparatus for connecting a trail to a limber or fore-carriage, the combination with-the trail, the fore-carriage, the pivot pin on theafore-carriage and the yoke-eye oi the trail, of an elastic supporting device between said yoKe-eve and the fore-carriage comprising a transverse member engaging the pivot pinand withv which said yoke-eye is adapted to engage, a spring-retaining member on the fore-carriage; and one or more springs between said transverse member and said spring-retaining member.

- 5. Inan apparatus. for connecting a trail to a limber or fore-carriage, the combination with the trail,..the fore-carriage, thepivot pin on the foreecarriage, the yoke-eye of the trail, and an elastic stud through which the trailbears on the fore carriage, of an elastic supporting devicebetween said yoke-eye and .the fore-carriage.

6, In an apparatus for connecting a trailto a limberor fore-carriage, the combination with the trail, the forecarriage, the pivot pin on the fore-carriage, the yoke-eye of the trail, and an elastic conneetionibetween said yoke-eye and the. trail, of anelastic supporting device between said yoke-eye and the fore, earriage.

In an apparatus for connecting a trail to a limber or fore-carriage, the combination with the trail, the fore-carriage; the pivot .pinon the fore-carriage, the yoke-eye of the 7 trail; an elastic stud through which the trail bears on the fore-carriage, and an elastic connection between said yoke-eye and'the trail, of an elastic supporting device between said yoke-eye and ,the fore-carriage.

8. In an apparatus for connecting atrail to a limber or fore-carriage, the combination with the trail, the forecarriage, the pivot v pinion the fore earriage and the yoke-eye of p the trail, of an elastic supporting devicebetween said yoke-eye and the fore-carriage comp-rising I atransverse member. engaging the-pivot pin and with which said yoke-eye is adapted to engage, amemberon the forecarriage, oneor' more pins carried byone of said--members and slidable in thel otheeof said members, and one or 1 more spnings between said members, v g I r 9. In an apparatus for connectingqatrail to a limberor fore-carriage, the combination with the trail, the foreacarriagasthe, pivot pin onv the forecarriage-and the .yoke-eye of the trail, of an elastic supporting :deviceibetween. said yokeeye and the-i-fore-ucarriage comprising-a transverse member engaging the pivot pin and with which said :yoke-eye pin on the :fore-carriageland the yoke-eye ,of

the trail, of an elastic supporting device,,be-. tween, said yoke-eye/and the. forerearriage comprising .a .member .on. said. pivot-pin [and maintained against rotationwith. respect thereto,-, and vone .or more springs between said memberv and the forezearriage.

In testimony whereof-I have signed this specification,

Witnesses ANDRii Mos'rIcKER, JOHN F. SiMoNs.

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